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Establishment of private schools
is on the increase especially in the area of basic school. Some of these
schools are not running the GES curriculum but UK and US. It is one business venture a lot of people are
venturing into as it is easy to make money. The growth in this sector may be
good for our education system as it affords parents alternatives to choose
from. However, it appears they are not being regulated effectively enough. They
have been left entirely in the hands of their owners. Some are operating
without license.
When the president, in his first
state of the of the nation’s address, indicated that Free SHS policy would
start in September for the 2017/18 academic year, private schools are calling
for inclusion in the intended policy. In as much as I think they should be
granted some incentives in the policy, they must not forget that are into
business.
Their activities are not
supervises effectively so they do everything and get away with it. The private
schools charg…

A motorcycle is a two - or
three-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycle design varies greatly to suit a range
of different purposes: long distance travel, commuting, cruising, sport including
racing, and off-road riding. – Wikipedia.
The use of motorcycle for
commercial activities especially commuting passengers known as ‘okada’ has come
to stay even though it’s in clear violation of the laws of Ghana. When it first
surfaced, it received some amount of objection especially from the Ghana Police
Service which tried to even enforce a section of our laws that prohibits the
use of the motorbike for commercial purposes. The police argued that if
motorbikes should be allowed to operate commercial activities, then that piece
of the legislation must be amended to that effect.
This issue ended up in Parliament
and parliamentarians were even divided over whether or not ‘okada’ should be
allowed to operate commercially. While a section was for, another section was
against. That notwithstanding, pa…

It is said that the worst form of
democracy is ten times better than military rule. In the same vein, others can
also say it is better for people to coexist under dictatorial regime than
imposition of democracy through military interventions that leave so much
devastation. In other words, the worst form of dictatorship is better than
military intervention. It is debatable. Each state or country in Africa and
elsewhere in the world is considered sovereign. Therefore, intervening
militarily in the affairs of a country violates the very principle of state
sovereignty.
In the past couple of years,
Africa has seen military interventions to oust sitting presidents who have lost
in an election but have refused to hand over power or overthrow leaders that
are considered tyrant. The countries that quickly come to mind are Libya and
Cote D’Ivoire. In the case of Libya and Iraq, the intervention was not due to
election dispute. Leaders of those countries were considered tyrants and
dictators wh…